Gallo burst into the national spotlight in late 2005 after a stellar career
at Michigan... She was fifth at the USA Outdoors in the 1500 and sixth at the
NCAA Outdoors... lowered her PR three times in Europe, starting with a 4:08.12
second-place effort July 17 at Lignano... shaved two more seconds off to 4:06.03
in winning the Helsinki GP on July 25... dipped under 4:06 with a 4:05.75
clocking at Rieti on Aug. 28... had the fastest 1,500m time by an American in
'05... graduated with a degree in business from Michigan, ran as a grad student
in accounting in '05... won an impressive distance triple at the Big Ten Indoor
Championships in '05, taking the mile, 3k and 5k... fourth in the '04 NCAA
Outdoors 1500... top collegian in the 1500 at '04 Olympic Trials, placing
11th... became only the fourth Big Ten same-year 800/1,500 champion in '04...
twice a New Jersey state champion in the 1,600m and 3,200m (1998 & 2000).